The Deleted Scenes - New and Old #160
The rise of the remote husband, The Economist, April 4, 2024
Interesting piece. I actually did this for a year or so before the pandemic—I convinced my old boss to let me work from home, because everything I did was online and I wasn’t being paid enough to schlep into the city every day. Now my wife and I are both completely remote, but I do most of the cooking, kitchen stuff, and lawn care. Working from home, in some circles, used to be considered something women did, and it would be held to some extent against you—at least my father picked up on that gender dynamic when he used to work in New York City. It’s interesting to see an increasing number of men working remotely, and because of their more flexible time, probably taking on more domestic duties too. Maybe this is a good thing to come out of the pandemic. Old Cows, New Meat, Ambrook Research, Hannah Macready, Feb 1, 2024 This article reminded me of one I wrote awhile ago about a really great steak we had at a steakhouse in Croatia, which led me to write a whole article about steak. One element of that was older cows and dairy cows. It turns out some of the inexpensive, ungraded beef in discount grocery stores is probably dairy cow beef, as are some of the steaks at cheaper steakhouses. But it’s not eaten all that widely, nor is it widely considered great beef. Is there a good reason for that? Maybe not.
It’s hard to tell, honestly, how much of this is trying to spark a trend, and how much is real, unfiltered opinion. But it’s interesting and certainly plausible that what we think of as “good beef” is just a subset of what beef can be. Aside from the culinary question, it’s also a tricky and difficult business for dairy farmers to get really good dairy cow beef at a price that makes it worthwhile:
More broadly, it’s funny how you can read this as “hippies are using ‘retired dairy cow beef is sustainable’ as a shoe in the door to taking away our beef!” or whatever, or as “we can create a viable new market that makes better use of our resources and livestock.” You know me: I like markets, and if there’s a financial path to something that’s also lighter on the environment, let’s do it.
I wrote recently about a new pinball arcade in Purcellville, Virginia, and I think I found this article while reading random bits and pieces about arcades. Of course, you can’t emulate pinball at all. But any sort of arcade machine is an experience unto itself. This isn’t just preservation by doing whatever you can to keep the things running. It’s complicated, museum-quality work:
This is the coolest detail to me, and I’ve thought for years that 3D printing seems like a breakthrough in repair of old but valuable or collectible consumer products. I’m surprised we don’t hear more about this sort of thing:
Read the whole delightful piece. Crepe Murder Is The South’s Worst Gardening Crime, Southern Living, Steve Bender, November 17, 2022
We inherited a lovely crepe myrtle—luckily large enough to shade the house, and not close enough to threaten it. But I found this article not in reading about my own tree, but in trying to figure out why some of the folks in our neighborhood were doing this: Done right, something like this is called pollarding, but folks seemed to disagree over whether pollarding is good for trees, and whether this qualifies as pollarding at all. I don’t like it; I don’t see any point to it unless the tree is diseased or is encroaching on a window or roof, or blocking a driveway. Maybe some of these were, but they look healthy and in fine locations to me. Related Reading: Thank you for reading! Please consider upgrading to a paid subscription to help support this newsletter. You’ll get a weekly subscribers-only piece, plus full access to the archive: over 900 pieces and growing. And you’ll help ensure more like this! You're currently a free subscriber to The Deleted Scenes. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. |
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This Is For Real
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Thoughts on the overall situation of the urbanism movement ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
We Treat For Less
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #160 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
The Manners God
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Can we be in society by ourselves? ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Housing, YIMBYs, and "Luxury Preferences"
Monday, April 29, 2024
We need to build housing not just for people, but for cities and metro areas writ large ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Storage Is Retrieval
Saturday, April 27, 2024
A little piece of work and life wisdom ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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